Vertigo Effect - A Visual Film Essay

A Visual Film Essay

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After Death (Oltre la morte), by Claudio Fragasso (1989)

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Thief, by Michael Mann (1981)

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"This award belongs to Federico Fellini, who is in [the] audience".

Dino De Laurentiis accepting the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film won by "La strada", 1957, the first recipient ever (the category was created in 1956). 

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Accattone, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1961)

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The Girl Who Knew Too Much - La ragazza che sapeva troppo (US version).

Letícia Román and Mario Bava

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Gli invasori, AKA Erik the Conqueror by Mario Bava (1961)

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Molly Malone in Straight Shooting, the first feature film by John Ford, 1917

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Le Samouraï, by Jean-Pierre Melville, with Alain Delon.

"There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai, unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... perhaps..."

Apparently, the quote from Bushidō is a fake one, made up by director Jean-Pierre Melville.

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I found that the best way to handle [filmmakers] was to hang medals all over them … If I got them cups and awards, they'd kill themselves to produce what I wanted. That's why the Academy Award was created.

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Suzan Pitt on the "Asparagus" set

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre in Taxi Driver

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Ricordarsi che un film è un'opera d'arte (ma non necessariamente), che vive solo nella quarta dimensione, il tempo. Un'opera d'arte alta tre centimetri e lunga perlomeno due chilometri e mezzo. La velocità del percorso è fissa: milleseicentoquarantacinque metri l'ora.

Ennio Flaiano, "Oh Bombay!", 1970

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László Nemes, Saul fia [2015]

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Scarface (1932) dir. Howard Hawks

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Give the book to four of your friends to read it. Get them to tell you what stuck in their minds. Write it down and you've got a picture.